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Bobby's Estevez grateful for Weinstein support
It was hats off to Harvey time at yesterday's Venice press conference for Bobby as director Emilio Estevez and star Lindsay Lohan both paidtribute to Harvey Weinstein, the head of The Weinstein Company (which will bereleasing Bobby in the US.) "Bobby Kennedy stood for thelittle guy and the underdog. Perhaps ...
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MGM revamps TV distribution unit, announces five new sequels
MGM is revamping its worldwide television distribution operation,naming Jim Packer as president. Packer, who has been at MGM fo six years, willreport to MGM chief operating officer Rick Sands and will be in charge of TVdistribution including US barter sales and syndication as well as emergingforms of programming distribution worldwide.Thenew ...
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Little Film Company picks up Toronto doc Blindsight
Robbie and Ellen Little's Little Film Company has picked upworldwide sales on the adventure documentary Blindsight, which will get its world premiere inthe Real To Reel section at Toronto.Lucy Walker directed the story of six blind Tibetan teenagers who attemptto climb Everest climbing expedition.Sybil Robson Orr of Robson Entertainment served ...
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Walk from Japan, Love from Brazil share Montreal prize
Nagai Sanpo (A Long Walk) by Eiji Okuda of Japan and O Maior AmorDo Mundo (The Greatest Love Of All) from Brazil's Carlos Diegues shared the top prize GrandPrix of the Americas at 30th Montreal World Film Festival which wrappedover the weekend. The jury, whichincluded US actress Kathy Bates, Canadian ...
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Film Movement buys three from Match Factory including Madeinusa
Film Movement has picked up Claudia Llosa's Spain-Peru drama Madeinusa, Mani Haghighi's Iranian comedy MenAt Work, and Geraldo Olivares'Spain-Germany drama The Great Match.Madeinusa centreson a stranger's encounter with an innocent girl in a remote Peruvian villageand stars Magaly Solier, Carlos de la Torre, Yiliana Chong, and Ubaldo Huaman.The deal was ...
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Marcoly promoted to president, sales & distribution, at BVI
Followingthe promotion of Mark Zoradi to president of Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group,Anthony Marcoly has been named president, sales and distribution, at BuenaVista International.Marcoly,who will continue to report to Zoradi, will take on a more comprehensivemanagement role overseeing all aspects of sales and distribution of Disney andTouchstone films internationally as ...
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Pusan to screen long-lost Shin Sang-ok classic
This year's PusanInternational Film Festival (PIFF) will present Bound By Chastity Rule, a long-lost film directed by recentlydeceased Korean master Shin Sang-ok.The late director was knownfor decades of work, including Mother andThe Houseguest (1961), as well as forhis dramatic kidnapping to and escape from North Korea with his wife, actress ...
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Parasol ends pact with Peccadillo, completes work on documentary Thief Of Hearts
TheUK indie distributor formerly known as ParasolPeccadillo Releasing has now split into Parasol Pictures Releasing andPeccadillo Pictures, ending a five-year strategic alliance. Peccadillocontinues to be run by Tom Abell and Kahloon Loke. Parasol is run byChristian Martin. Meanwhile,Parasol said it has invested in a new HD edit suite ...
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Gruberg joins MGM as senior vp, media operations, from DreamWorks
Amy Gruberg has joined MGM as senior vice president of media operationsfollowing a ten-year stint overseeing media operations at DreamWorks.Gruberg will be responsible for shaping MGM's media vision, which involvesoverseeing media strategy and placement on all theatrical and homeentertainment releases and network and cable broadcasts of titles, as well asmanaging ...
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Metropolitan Opera to transmit live performances to US, Europe theatres
New York's MetropolitanOpera has announced plans to transmit high-defintion live performances of itsproductions to cinemas in North America and Europe. The multi-media initiative,which also encompasses webcasts, HD television and radio, will tap the growingnetwork of HD projection cinemas in circuits including National CineMedia (aventure of AMC Entertainment, Cinemark USA and ...
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PPS opens London post facility ilab
UK-based post-production company PPS hasmoved into its new ilab space on Poland Street in London.The company offers post-production services forfeature films, commercial and TV projects. In-house services at ilabinclude 16mm/35mm nefative processing with Photomec, (with an alliance with VTR)Telecine Rushes transfers via Spring DataCine.The ilab team consists of Nigel ...
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Metrodome gets UK rights to Days Of Glory (Indigenes)
Metrodome Distribution has acquired full UK rights for DaysOf Glory (Indigenes)from Films Distribution, following on The Weinstein Company's US deal. Rachid Bouchareb's feature isabout French Algerian fighters during WWII. The North African ensemble cast,including Roschdy Zem, Samy Naceri, SamyBouajila and Jamel Debbouze, collectively won the Best Actor Prize at the ...
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ContentFilm completes acquisition of UAV and Allumination
ContentFilm has completed its previously announced acquisition ofcertain assets of UAV Corporation and UAV Holdings and AlluminationFilmWorks LLC. The company now wholly owns a significantUS DVD distribution operation. Also, the company has added KerryMcCluggage to its board of directors. McCluggage was recently appointed executive chairman of Allumination, which he ran ...
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Tartan gets UK and Irish rights to Taxidermia
Tartan Films have acquired all UK and Ireland rights to Gyorgy Palfi's Taxidermia from Fortissimo Films. The film, Palfi's follow-upto his 2003 debut Hukkle,screened in Un Certain Regard at Cannes and won sixprizes at the Hungarian Film Week. It is also screening at the TorontoInternational Film Festival. Taxidermia is the ...
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Australia submits Ten Canoes for foreign Oscar
TheAustralian Film Commission has selected Rolf de Heerand Peter Djigirr's Ten Canoes as the country's submission for the Best ForeignLanguage Oscar.De Heer wrote the film in collaboration with the people of Ramingining, a community of Yolngupeople in Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.The project is the first feature to be shot ...
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A-Film looking for Dirk De Lille's replacement
DirkDe Lille has left leading independent Benelux distributor A-Film for"personal reasons." His departure was confirmed yesterday in Venice by A-Film CEO Pim Hermeling.Itis yet to be announced who will replace De Lille. "Sofar, I haven't decided," Hermeling said. He addedthat he was not looking for a new director but for ...
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Gordon Green, Dunaway among No Borders projects at IFP Market
New work from David Gordon Green and Faye Dunaway's featuredirectorial debut are among the highlights of the No Borders International Co-production market at the upcoming 28th Annual IFPMarket in New York.Hot on the heels of the Toronto International FilmFestival, the yearly event presents a forum for filmmakers to discuss projectsin ...
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Smith hopes to bring Universal's Wanted to UK
UK producer Iain Smith (in Venice with two competitionfilms, The Fountain and Children Of Men)is in advanced negotiations to bring Wanted,a big-budget studio feature, to the UK. The project is beingfinanced by Universal. Adapted from a comic book, it is set in a contemporary US city. The director willbe from ...
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Sellars hopes to bring New Crowned Hope idea to other cities
Globe-trottingopera director Peter Sellars is in talks with twocities about the possibility of overseeing further events along the lines ofthe New Crowned Hope Festival, which has already yielded a handful of films competingin Venice and Toronto."Theseare the first steps," Sellars commented. "My hope isthat we can repeat this type of ...
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Freston ousted as Viacom CEO after 26 years at the company
Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone made his second decisive move intwo weeks as chief executive officer Tom Freston was ousted from the company yesterdayafter more than 25 years of service.Philippe P Dauman, the 52-year-old former deputy chairman,replaces Freston as the new president and chief executive officer, and Thomas EDooley has been ...